wild pansy

noun

1. any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.

wild pansy

noun

1. Also calledheartseaselove-in-idlenessin the USJohnny-jump-up a Eurasian violaceous plant, Viola tricolor, having purple, yellow, and pale mauve spurred flowers
2. any of various similar plants of the genus Viola

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild pansy¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Another gown was a forget-me-not, one a wild pansy, others peonies.

From Reuters

The only human trace left by that voracious blast was a glove belonging to Patricia Brown in an automobile smothered in wild pansies.

From Literature

I look down and see the wild pansies, small purple and white violets, growing at my feet.

From Literature

And the wood-honeysuckle was coming into pink bloom everywhere; and millions of violets and wild pansies.

From Project Gutenberg

Here they took a sandy foot path where scanty patches of coarse grass and clusters of wild pansy marked the borders of the straggling wood.

From Project Gutenberg